LEADERSHIP Retreats & Board Retreats

Leadership Retreats

High-performance leadership teams are the heart of successful organizations; building cohesive leadership teams can be challenging due to the countless issues that leaders face: time pressures, egos, personalities differences, lack of alignment, communication issues, motivation, strategic priorities, etc. Leadership teams must commit to creating opportunities to continually develop their capabilities, address important issues, and discover ways to ensure these challenges do not impede progress. Each retreat is tailored to address the critical business issues and unique team dynamics.

Although every retreat is unique, Mizerak Coaching’s leadership team retreats often cover topics like the following:

Organizational strategy

Team strategy

Team Engagement

Leadership-skill development

Innovation

Problem solving

Organizational transformation and change

Talent management

Conflict resolution

Newly formed team building

Alignment across functions

M&A integration

Celebrations

Retreat Process

Planning for a Successful Retreat - Food for Thought...

Retreat Purpose

What is the purpose for the retreat?

What are the intended/expected outcomes?

What does success look like?

Select a Retreat Runner

Who is the person pulling the whiole thing togehter.

Will you use an employee of your firm or would you like to work with one of our meeting concierge team member?

Develop Budget for Retreat

Budgets can run from$5K to over $500K depending upon facilitators, location, number of attendees, food, activities, etc.

Select Retreat Facilitator(s)

Will you need 1, 2, or more facilitators?

Choose Retreat Site(s)

Retreats should typically be held offsite (when budgets allow) - it is too easy to get pulled back in to the operations if held onsite.

Will is be at a hotel or meeting venue?

Local or out-of-town? In-country or out-of-country?

What amenities are required? Near shopping or Golf? Near attractions or in the mountains for solitude?

Attendance

Clarity around who is attending and Why?- Ensures the correct people are in attendance.

Accommodations

What type of accommodations are required?

Will spouses or significant others be in attendance?

Create an Agenda

Create activities for the meeting that support your intended purpose.

Communication of Expectations

You will want a communications plan with relevant contact info.

Execution of the Event

Who is the key point person on-site prior, during and after the event

Accountability Planning

What does after-retreat accountability look like?

Post-Retreat Evaluation

Post-retreat evaluations are invaluable for future planning.

& More

Mizerak Executive Coaching will with work you and your designee to plan out the details of your retreat that may be overlooked with our time-proven Retreat Checklist that we use with MEC Clients for their Empowerful Retreats.